3 – First French In the Antilles
originally posted 02/19/2001
…They had origins in Aquitaine, Flanders, Poitou, Burgundy, Provence, Saintonge and from the Province of Berry. They came from the towns and cities of La Rochelle, Bordeaux, Chateau-Chinon, Rennes, Rouen, Nantes, Marseille, Saint-Arnoult, Sansais, Toulon, Nice, Lille, Agen, Saint-Brieuc and Bastia, in Corsica. These are the origins of the French from Saint-Barthelemy.
(This information is from Le Peuplement de Saint-Barthelemy by Jean Deveau)
The following are the dates of some of the marriages between arrivals from Europe and descendants of the early settlers on Saint-Barthelemy, between the years 1724 and 1833…
| YEAR | NAMES |
| 1724 | Pierre Mathieu, native of La Rochelle, espoused Catherine Ledee. |
| 1725 | Jerome LaVigne, native of Bordeaux, espoused Anne Magras. |
| 1731 | Jean-Baptiste Montgouge, a native of Rouen, espoused Jeanne-Rose Bernier. |
| 1733 | Jean Texier, native of La Rochelle, espoused Marie Bernier. |
| 1733 | Andre Rey, of Issoire espoused Magdaleine Ledee. |
| 1752 | Pierre Danet, native of Nantes, in Brittany, espoused Margueritte Greaux. He is the ancestor of all the Danets of Saint-Barthelemy. |
| 1760 | Pierre Berne, native of Rennes espoused Angelique Magras. |
| 1762 | Joseph Roustan, native of Marseille, married Marie-Rose Pimont, widow of Jacques Greaux, the former commandant of the island. |
| 1763 | Gabriel Lalaire, of Quebec, Canada, espoused Suzanne Ledee. |
| 1765 | Louis Lorange, native of Toulon, espoused Marie-Rose Greaux. |
| 1766 | Claude Le Blanc, native of Nice, espoused Suzanne Questel. |
| 1766 | Georges Sorin, native of Pons, in Saintonge, espoused Rose Mulryan. |
| 1774 | Antoine Giraud, native of Saint-Martin de Re, espoused Marie-Marthe Vittet. |
| 1775 | Jean-Jacques Olive, native of Marseille, espoused Henriette Questel. |
| 1787 | Jean Querrard, native of the Nantes region, espoused Suzanne Le Blanc, daughter of Claude Le Blanc. |
| 1789 | Andre Texier, native of Marseille, espoused Jeanne Questel. |
| 1794 | Charles Curet, native of Marseille, espoused Florence Magras. |
| 1795 | Jacques Andre Blanchard, native of Lille, espoused Marianne Questel. He is the ancestor of all the Blanchards of Saint- Barthelemy. |
| 1795 | Jean Derripx, originally from Casgogne, espoused Marie-Marthe Greaux. |
| 1795 | Charles Vantre. native of Marseille, espoused Marie-Magdaleine Greaux. |
| 1795 | Francois Dalchet, originally of Agen, espoused Marianne Magras. This name is sometimes written Dalche, sometimes Darche or Darcher. |
| 1796 | Etienne Maussion de La Berliere, native of Sainte-Martin de Re, espoused Felicite Laplace on May 12, she died on 8th September of the same year. |
| 1796 | Jean-Baptiste La Montagne, native of La Marche espoused Elisabeth Bernier. |
| 1799 | Joseph Turbe, Official of the French Navy, a native of Nantes, espoused Anne-Rose Greaux. He is the ancestor of all the Turbes of Saint-Barthelemy. |
| 1801 | Manuel Gonzalez, of San Sebastian in Spain, espoused Honoree Ledee. |
| 1802 | Etienne Blanchard, native of Menton espoused Suzzanne Ledee. It seems that he did not remain on Saint-Barthelemy. |
| 1802 | Pierre Viannis, native of Marseille, espoused Catherine Berry. |
| 1803 | Lazare Chapelain. native of Marseille espoused Genevieve Danet. |
| 1807 | Joseph Boissel, native of Vesoul espoused Catherine Laplace. |
| 1813 | Jean Robinet, native of La Rochelle espoused Marie-Anne Magras. |
| 1817 | Phillipe Degausse, native of Bordeaux, espoused Anne Ledee. |
| 1818 | Joseph Lange Spanet, native of La Carierre (Bouche du Rhone); espoused Rosalie Greaux. |
| 1819 | Joseph Lagoix, native of Genoa espoused Marie-Marthe Ledee. |
| 1819 | Jean Baquie, native of Pau espoused Marie-Elisabeth Blanchard. |
| 1821 | Florentin Passerat, native of Saint-Brieuc espoused Marie-Magdaleine Mayer. |
| 1824 | Frederic Julien, of Marseilee espoused Marie-Rose Ledee. |
| 1828 | Jean-Baptiste Aubery, native of La Rochelle, espoused Angelique-Rose Greaux. |
| 1829 | Louis Monie, originally of Picardie, espoused Elisabeth Greaux, sister of Angelique-Rose. |
| 1829 | Jean-Joseph Meissonnier, native of Draguignan, esoused Rosaline Greaux. |
| 1829 | Charles-Louis Cigogne of Nantes, espoused Elisabeth Danet. |
| 1833 | Angel-Francois Phillipe, native of Bastia in Corsica, was married to Elisabeth Greaux, widow of Louis Monie. |
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Just wanted to say thank you for all your hard work.
Like you said it is hard getting information from family members.